Can we hang with michigan???
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HawkeyeWalker
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Pressure does weird things. Mich and Harbaugh has all the pressure. If preparing correctly...Hawks should have none. Play hard, fast, loose. Take shots, take risks, get weird....
AreWeThereYet
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The computer algorithms espn uses give about a 24% chance of Iowa winning against Michigan. (not sure whose model they use)
The combined chances of Iowa beating Nebraska, Minnesota winning, and Michigan winning last weekend was around 7%.
So winning next weekend is more likely than getting the Big Ten championship game against Michigan in the first place.
The combined chances of Iowa beating Nebraska, Minnesota winning, and Michigan winning last weekend was around 7%.
So winning next weekend is more likely than getting the Big Ten championship game against Michigan in the first place.
Northside Hawk
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I would say the game he just won was a pretty big one!
okeefe4prez
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The only way Iowa loses this game is if the zebras dictate an Iowa loss to put Michigan into the playoff. The Big Ten East sucked ass this year. MSU, Michigan and Ohio cannibalized each other and everyone else in that side was pure trash.
Ohio has a good nucleus and is going to be unstoppable next year, but this is Iowa's year. The West is 0-7 in the title game and it will stop this year. The other big factor is that Iowa gets an extra day off.
Iowa looked like hot ass in the Nebraska game, but we had a bunch of guys get sick the week of the game. Michigan is gonna have that same problem next week because their guys are all out walking around like king shit and were probably mounting Mary Jane Rottencrotch until the wee hours of the morning last night. Someone will bring flu or The Germ into the facility.
Ohio has a good nucleus and is going to be unstoppable next year, but this is Iowa's year. The West is 0-7 in the title game and it will stop this year. The other big factor is that Iowa gets an extra day off.
Iowa looked like hot ass in the Nebraska game, but we had a bunch of guys get sick the week of the game. Michigan is gonna have that same problem next week because their guys are all out walking around like king shit and were probably mounting Mary Jane Rottencrotch until the wee hours of the morning last night. Someone will bring flu or The Germ into the facility.
FloridaHawks
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I bet your wife is miserable
FloridaHawks
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That makes him like 1-13 against top 15 teams? The blind mouse found his cheese, he cannot do it consistently.
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ChosenChildren
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Massey said we had a 50 percent chance to beat Nebraska. We won.
Massey says we have a 30 percent chance to beat Michigan (basically 1 in 3 odds). That sounds about right. Iowa has a good team, but we need our best game of the year
Massey says we have a 30 percent chance to beat Michigan (basically 1 in 3 odds). That sounds about right. Iowa has a good team, but we need our best game of the year
And the boys in black and gold will delivereth.
blubberhawk
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well said. Iowa has a chance to win an outright BIG title. Big underdogs, but who cares?
Play the game and see what happens. A month ago. most were talking about 7-5 and an ugly bowl bid. Enjoy the ride!
hawkeyesgonewild
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Yes we can win play lights out on Defense and no mistakes.
All the top Big 10 teams have their warts, MSU just a terrible pass defense, OSU just an average overall defense, Mich has a suspect passing game which is getting better but also gives up some big runs directly north south, Minny is Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde, see Bowling Green, Iowa its offense, etc etc.
The hawks had a tough time stopping Minny's running game but did great against a really good Illini rushing team and Nebby. Clearly the hawks have to stop the MIch running game first or it could be a long day because then they can play action pass when they want to.
Just like the game against a tough Miss St defense Iowa can and needs to run the ball directly at Mich but very little wide stuff against their speed. The hawk running game seems to be getting better. A better than average passing game is needed.
A great tackling, defensive Iowa can keep it close and the offense and special teams can make some big plays to get the win.
The hawks had a tough time stopping Minny's running game but did great against a really good Illini rushing team and Nebby. Clearly the hawks have to stop the MIch running game first or it could be a long day because then they can play action pass when they want to.
Just like the game against a tough Miss St defense Iowa can and needs to run the ball directly at Mich but very little wide stuff against their speed. The hawk running game seems to be getting better. A better than average passing game is needed.
A great tackling, defensive Iowa can keep it close and the offense and special teams can make some big plays to get the win.
The all-time record between OSU and Michigan and Iowa is exactly the same. The difference is Iowa won one about every 7 years vs OSU before, and over half of Iowa's victories vs UM are in the 2000s.
Neither is a good matchup. It would have been better to face PSU or MSU. The talent gap in this game will be real and obvious.
Ding ding... They aren't invincible. They were at home as fired up to play OSU as they've literally ever been. You think Iowa is ISUs Super Bowl? Well times that by 100 and that's what that game is to Michigan after how the last 7 or however many yrs have gone. They very most likely will come down from that high and we'll be on some level footing in that dome. I will be curious to see the fan ratio to it though.
Gotta do like Penn State and those little side line passes and chew up some clock and keep the D off the field. See where/how we can attack with the running game and hopefully get a couple of nice runs. Take a few shots down the field. Also win the TO battle and have a good day with specials teams and win the field position game. D has to be stout as we are not looking to trade scores. Even Ohio State can't do that(they are a play from ahead team anyway).
A game plan is there but Brian is the scary part. A real good OC and we could be pretty confident right now but a little too late to get one of those.
A game plan is there but Brian is the scary part. A real good OC and we could be pretty confident right now but a little too late to get one of those.